The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-06
THE DEAD SENATOR.

All Quarters.
New YORK, November 27.-Al the morn
ing papers contain comments on the death
If General Logan
The Slri, after quoting an extract of a
speech delivered by him in Congress in
1859, in which the General declared he
would never affiliate, so long as he had
breath in his body, with the Republican
side of the House, says: general Logan
was Republican veteran of the war for
the preservation of the Union and the ex-
termination of the slave-holding power; a
Republican legislator of nearly twenty
years continuous service, recently
defeated Repu blican candidate for Vice
President, and the accepted type Of that
intense and almost unreasOning partisan
ship which has few surviving examples in
the Republican party. His prophesy was
net fulfilled. His intellectual qualities
were not OF the finest. His hold upon the
people was of the strongest. His efforts
were as effectual as they were crude. His
blunt judgment was respected and his
forcible personality made its way among
men who were his superiors in purely
mental equipment. His sincerity was sell
dom questioned"
The TiEleS SAYS: The death of Genera
Logan thins still more the sadly thin ranks
of the surviving great Generals of the wal
for the Union, and the age at which he
died-he was not yet siXty-One-is another
proof of the terrible strain to which men
Of his class were subjected. He will be
remembered rather as a soldier and
patriot than as a statesman"
The Herald says: Logan was by nature
a fighter Grant had a high opinion of
HIM as q corps commander, and that, hIv-
ing only a common school education and
okno wledge Of the art of war, he should
have risen, and deserved to rise, from the
colOneicy of a regiment to the com nand of
an army corps and became a trusted
lieutenant of Grant, shows remarkable
capacity in him. He was a gallant and ca
pable soldier. but it can not be justly said
he vas a statesman. His death removes
one of the most prominent Republican can
didates for the Presidency"
The World says: General Logan had a
striking and picturesque personality that
gave him Il unique distinction among self
raised representative Americans, without
either liberal education or the capacity
for absorbing knowledge and taking on the
polish of culture tnat many Americans OF
loWly origin have possessed. General
Logan was for many years force IN poll
ties and public affairs, and leader OF his
party. His success was due to the inher-
ent honesty of his nature and to a frank
ness, boldness and loyalty to friends as
admirable as they are rare in modern poll
ticIanS."
The Tribune says: The death Of Gener-
al Logan ecHpses the gaiety Of the holiday
season. One of the best known and most
popular of Americans, his loss is a Nation
al calamity. The blow was as unexpected
as it was distressing. General Logan did
not owe his position to happy accidents.
He was the architect of his own honorable
and distinguished career. In war a gal
liant soldier; in peace, a forcefUl states
man; al all times, an ardent patriot, the
keynote TO his character appears in the
statement that he was one who had the
courage Of his convictions and whose con-
victiOns We're the outcome of hard practl-
cal sense"
The Star says: The people have once
more TO mourn the loss of Il soldier, patri-
OF and statesman, whose long career has
been full Of honor. He was u strenuous,
but generous, foe; nor was there in all the
land any more faithful than he to the
friends he loved and the cause he es-
pOused.
BosToS. Dec 27-The Boston papers
speak Of General Logan as follows:
The Globe says: Logan was an able,
fearless and honest man: gallant soldier;
a concientious faithful legislator"
The Herald: "He was type Of 4 man
who fights his way up by force o. will and
persistency OF purpose. His important
service in the war will always BE- rcmem-
bered with gratitude. The cordial regard
which he has secured from his associates
in public life is convincing tribute to his
personal traits of character.
The Jo,unal: Now that General Logan
is dead he will, most likely, receive soma
measure of justice from the hands Of
those vino have criticised or assailed him,
and be credited with the greatest and
most timely service which a patriot ever
rendered his country, because, before the
war-cloud burst upon the country, he went
out and proclaimed to the Democracy,
with whom he had influence, that 1t was
the duty of the hour to sustain Abraham
Lincoln. But for the timely efforts OF
Stephen A Douglas, John a. Logan and
few others, the result of tho war would
have been vastly different"
The AdyertiSer: Logan was a genuine
son of the West, soldier by nature,
rough and unjust many times in his Judg-
ments; Of quick temper, too often swaye d
by the gusts of uncertain public sentiment !;
d representative of the people rather tina n
a leader, but in spite Of defects IN his
heart and in his decisions, when once they
were matured, bold, unhinching and up
right"
The Post: ''He has always been parti-
san of the most pronounced sort, but one
in whom no adversary has ever found
other than an honorable and open-though,
bitter and violent opponent. II his amOl-
ton led him to seek a higher place than!
that for Ehich his qualities fitted him, he
cannot be accused of pretense IL assuming
to be other than he was-rOugh, ardent,
preiudiced, but earnest in whatever he
undertook"
SAN FRANCIsCo, Dec. 27.-The Coll Nn-
dependent) SAYS: General Logan was
regarded as q typical American: his was a
strong, positive character, fearless OF con-
sequence and honest of purpose. Both
political friends and opponents knew
where to find him when wanted. Ia later
wears he has been regarded as the choice
of the wing Of the party more inclined to
keep the Southern question alive IN
politics.
The Examiner Democratic Crgan and
strong prO-Southern inits sympathy takes
the grounds that Logan leaves the ''polit-
ical situation unchanged, as the sentiment
Of which he was the exponent IS dead. and
another Democratic victory is almost an
assured tact in National politics"
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